(19)
(11) EP 0 226 362 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.10.1987 Bulletin 1987/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/26

(21) Application number: 86309260

(22) Date of filing: 27.11.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 02.12.1985 US 803177

(71) Applicant: APPLETON PAPERS INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Vervacke, Steven L.
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  • Petersen, Thomas C.
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(54) Thermally responsive record material


(57) Thermally responsive record material has an active coating on a substrate, especially paper. The active coating contains chromogenic material and, as co-reactant, bis (hydroxyphenyl)-phenyl alkane, especially bis (4-hydroxyphenyl)-phenyl butane. These co-reactants give improved background and intensity performance especially useful in facsimile papers.





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